I need to express myself because I’m a little in shock. At what has been happening that I didn’t see. At people that you like and think are good but really are pretty monstrous!
My neighbour that was here when I moved here studied Psychology at Uni, loves reading about history, does online courses as I do and also paints. She is a lovely kind, non aggressive woman who has dealt with depression and low esteem for a long time and has recently got back into life and loves it here.
We sat outside mine on Saturday night with beers and blankets on our knees and she told me what had been happening over the last few months. I wish she’d confided in me sooner. I am fucking mortified.
My neighbour on the other side is more than a narcissist. I don’t even know what she is apart from a dealer of venom. I’m not going to write on here but her abuse has covered everything. The self, the home and the family. Nothing has been spared. It has been brutal and nasty and has been consistent for weeks upon weeks.
An eating away. A drip, drip, drip of manipulation.
I’d noticed myself the contradictions in the adamance. One thing one night and something the different the next. The bare faced lies. The constant swapping about of opinions as long as they were conflicting with ours.
There are vile people about. It would have been nice if they weren’t right next door.